Animal Experiments: Scotland

Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out in Scotland in 2008.

Alan Campbell: A total of 544,949 animals were used in regulated procedures started under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Scotland in 2008, of which, 177,221 were genetically modified and 15,238 were animals with a harmful genetic defect.